Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell

Thursday 8 November 2007

Lytham coast and fairhaven lake

At home, on wakening, the usual suspects -

dunnock
wren
chaffinch
blackbird
robin
blue tit
great tit
jay
carrion crow
magpie
wood pigeon
bh gull

on grass just b 4 arriving at car park at Lytham

starling
jackdaw
rook
mistle thrush

on the fairhaven costal area

gbb gull
lbb gull
curlew
oystercatcher
redshank (loads)
turnstone (just 1 - fleeting glimpse)
snipe (several flushed from greenery on high tide line)
meadow/rock pipit (2 - not enough detail to be 100%)
linnet (circa 20 flocking an constantly mobile)
grey heron
shelduck (approx 5 )
dunlin (30+ hard to distinguish from purple sands or even knot in the bad conditions)































































On Fairhaven lake

canada goose
little grebe
goldeneye
tufted duck
mallard


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